Forever Knight (1992) s02e16 Episode Script
The Fire Inside
Everyone knows where it is, but nobody wants to go there.
Can you believe my grandmother told that one? At the Academy graduation ceremony, no less.
she still gets a 12-pack delivered to her house every Saturday morning.
Oh, can she tell a mean joke.
Did I tell you the one about the baby polar bear? [LAUGHING.]
MAN: Trash.
It's everywhere you go.
Used to be the streets were clean.
No more, though.
Now the trash is everywhere.
They sleep on the streets, they beg for handouts.
"Hey, buddy, got any spare change?" Well, as a matter of fact, I do.
[COIN CLINKS.]
Go ahead.
Get you halfway to a cup of coffee.
Or a bottle of cheap wine.
The best thing to do with trash is burn it.
[SCREAMING.]
[.]
NARRATOR: He was brought across in 1228.
Preyed on humans for their blood.
Now, he wants to be mortal again To repay society for his sins To emerge from his world of darkness From his endless forever night.
[GROWLS.]
A scream like that has its own sound, you know? You hear it, and your gut tells you right away that someone's dying.
You ever hear screams like that, detective? You're sure you didn't see anyone? No, just him.
Okay.
Thanks, Angie.
Better check to see if Vern needs anything.
You okay? Yeah, I'm fine.
Look, Nat, if you don't want to do this.
I'm fine, really.
I've dealt with worse.
How about you? Death by fire.
Yeah, it's my worst nightmare.
What have you got, Schank? Forensics figures the guy was torched with a flamethrower.
Just when you thought you'd seen everything.
There's no ID on him yet, and, um How soon can we get a dental cast, Nat? Uh, soon as I can.
You know, we might catch a break here.
A flamethrower is a pretty conspicuous piece of hardware.
It's not like somebody can toddle around town without somebody seeing it.
Unless Unless what? Angie? Come on, Schank.
Where does this lead to? Far as I know, sewers, ventilation shafts, service tunnels.
The system stretches for miles.
Can we get a couple of maps of this right away? I'm on it.
Think our firefly went down there? A flamethrower "is a pretty conspicuous piece of hardware," Schank, and we know for a fact there are homeless people living underground all over the city.
Mole people? Disposable people, easy targets.
Well, if he went down there, that means that-- Yeah, right.
We're gonna have to go down after him.
Uh, Nick, if this guy catches you before you catch him Yeah, I know.
We'll stay low.
Well Well, I'm really glad I got this suit dry-cleaned.
Be careful.
Both of you.
Hell of a place to hide.
[.]
This will do for the day.
Oh, you should have been with us, Nicolas.
It was such a glorious night.
I find my own nourishment, thank you.
Why travel with us if you won't hunt? I find security in numbers.
Perhaps you just dislike the solitude of your own thoughts.
[LAUGHS.]
[HEART BEATING.]
You assured me that this house was abandoned.
It is.
[CHUCKLING.]
We have, uh, uniforms coming in from the other side.
We'll meet them in the middle.
I'm feeling very, very vulnerable here, Nick.
Don't tell me you're afraid.
Huh.
Going into the bowels of the earth to get a homicidal maniac? Oh, yeah, no problem.
Well, it's not my idea of fun, either.
Now watch this.
Well, if I look on the bright side, I don't have to do that PTA career thing at my daughter's school.
Sorry, boys and girls, Jennifer Schanke's father couldn't be with us today because he was eaten by rats.
You're really not looking forward to that, are you? No, I'll take the rats.
You know, you should stay in your element.
Give the kids a tour of the precinct.
Well, kids today have different ideas of heroes-- Shh.
Shh.
Did you hear something? Check that out.
Strange place to hang laundry.
Unless you live here.
Okay, according to this, it should open up to a A dead end.
Oh, great.
Pfft.
Nice map.
[.]
[GASPS.]
Yeah, this map's old.
These tunnels are always changing.
They get bricked up, rerouted.
They build them over.
The second you think you know where you're going, you're absolutely lost.
You know these tunnels? Well, not these exact tunnels, but, uh, yeah.
My, uh My dad was a [MUMBLES.]
simmermurmer.
A what? My dad was a sewer worker.
So, what's wrong with that? Yeah, well, tell that to a 9-year-old, huh? When he goes to school every day He's taunted with the name "Rat Boy.
" [SNIFFS.]
Yeah, this smell really brings back a lot of memories.
Haven't I come far, huh? Work in the sewers just like my old man, doing Jenny proud? Would you stop it? Come on.
We've got a lot of ground to cover.
[.]
[FAUCET SQUEAKING.]
Hi.
Laundry day? [GASPS.]
[GASPING.]
No! [SIRENS WAILING.]
All units, we got a situation here.
We're half a block east of Bloor and Yonge.
You copy? [STATIC BUZZING.]
Damn this thing! Damn it! We just had another attack, same m.
o.
as before, copy? MAN: Copy [VOICE ON RADIO DISTORTING.]
We're about from you.
Copy that? Just tell Dispatch to send more people, pronto.
Right, okay.
The shaft's too narrow.
We're going to have to find another way down.
The good news is backup could be here any minute.
The bad news is they might have zigged when they should have zagged and they're in Albuquerque.
We can't afford to wait, Schank.
Maybe we should have left some, uh bread crumbs, huh? Shh.
Someone's following us.
You take that way.
Where? To the center of the Earth? Wherever it takes you.
Let go of me! Get off me! Take it easy.
Okay, okay, I'm cool.
You got me.
I ain't going anywhere.
[GRUNTS.]
[BOTH YELLING.]
Hold it.
Take it easy.
We're police officers.
Why were you following us? I'm starved for entertainment.
Well, there is plenty in juvenile court.
You just assaulted a cop.
I'm crushed.
You live down here? No, I come here for the waters.
Listen, my little friend-- Look, if you're gonna bust me, let's get on with it, hmmm? That's not why we're down here.
All right? We are Homicide detectives.
There's been a murder, maybe two.
Like I care.
Maybe you know something about it? Show us the way down to the level below this one.
Why should I? Because you're smarter than you pretend, and you know we're telling the truth.
And if you're not? You grab us all, arrest all my friends? Maybe you could help us save their lives.
What makes you think anyone down here cares about living? Stay back.
We ain't here for no fight.
We just want to go about our lives.
You go on with yours.
[LAUGHING.]
You're slaves, aren't you? Runaways.
The man who owns us, he be wanting to sell Fountain here down the river.
I can't have that.
He's my boy.
I can't have it.
[HEART BEATING.]
Why did you come here? Why did you come here? Railroad man is supposed to be meeting us here at sunset, take us across.
The Underground Railroad.
They're making their bid for freedom.
My heart bleeds.
Others will come.
They're being followed.
They're a danger to us.
They're outcasts, hunted as animals, like us.
They're expendable.
They're lunch.
You've had your fill.
Leave them be.
Of course.
This will not stand, Nicolas.
They endanger us.
It will not stand.
Help us.
[PANTS.]
Come on.
This way.
Jeez, kid, isn't the word "shower" in your vocabulary? I'm surprised "vocabulary" is in yours.
Huh.
He's a comedian.
Stay downwind, smart mouth.
COHEN: Get Emergency Task Force officers down there right now, all the men they can spare.
If we can't track Knight and Schanke by radio, we'll have to cover that maze the hard way.
You got it, captain.
Dr.
Lambert, you got a minute? Uh, I-- I was just catching up on some file work.
Did you start the postmortem on the torching victim yet? No.
Actually, captain, I thought I'd let Dr.
Zang do it.
He, uh He needs the experience.
I need an ID as soon as possible, Natalie.
Dr.
Zang is an intern.
Has he ever handled one like this? I'm not sure.
Have you ever handled one like this? No Captain.
I don't think that I can.
[.]
Oh, man, this is sick.
This is really sick.
Anybody there? Any units receiving? Anybody? You weren't lying.
[STATIC BUZZING.]
Stay close.
He might be nearby.
I'm getting nothing on this, Nick.
We might be too far down.
Don't touch anything.
Do you know who this belongs to? Do you know who this is? Margaret Phillips.
Maggie.
Is there someone who we should notify? Uh, her husband, her kid.
Where do they live? A level up, just-- Just up there.
Wait, there's a family here? Yeah, that way.
Go with him, Schank.
I'll scout ahead.
Just keep trying the radio.
Wait, wait, wait.
We should turn around.
We should get the entire force.
Hell, we should bring in the cavalry.
We'll meet at the intersection with three passageways.
Half an hour, no more.
Show him the way? Hey.
Huh? Show him the way? Uh-huh.
Come on, kid.
Let's find her family.
Oh, man, I just stepped in something.
You don't want to know what.
They're just over here.
So, my little friend, you got a name? Yeah, "Smart Mouth," remember? Ah, sarcasm, I know it well.
[SIGHS.]
All units, this is 81-Kilo.
We got another torching in the tunnel here, somewhere underneath, uh, Charles near Yonge.
Coordinates on the map are C-360, B-5.
Copy? 81, copy that.
Um Kinda-- We think we're closed in on you, 81.
Hard to get your bearings down here.
Send in the cavalry.
This one is getting out of hand, and fast.
Roger, on the way.
Stay loose.
Out.
"Stay loose.
" Do you feel loose? Because I certainly don't.
Danny.
What? My name is Danny Weathers.
Thanks, Danny.
In here.
Ah, home, sweet home.
Somebody get Norman Rockwell in here.
They probably heard us coming and took off.
[TAPS.]
[TAPS.]
What are you doing? Phone call.
[TAPS.]
Oh, my God.
[BABY FUSSING.]
[FLAMETHROWER HISSING.]
You're not from down here.
No.
And you? I'm here on business.
Important business, I gather.
It's a problem that has to be taken care of.
Let's just keep our distance until we get to know each other a little better.
That's all right by me.
Look, I'm a police officer.
Detective Knight.
And you? Call me Dragon.
Dragon? Is that a first name or a last name? Job description.
And what kind of job is it that you're doing? You know, business.
[BANGING.]
Open up in there! [MEN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY.]
[COCKS GUN.]
That won't be necessary.
This your place? I'm here, am I not? Can we look around? Well, you're the one with the gun.
I suppose that means you do what you want.
Wait here.
Awful run-down, ain't she? I'm handy.
Aim to fix her up, do you? You ain't seen two boys about? Boys? Blackamoors.
My boss's slaves.
A young'un and his daddy.
Two of them made a break for it.
I've seen no one.
I don't know who you are, mister, but don't go getting into my business.
Don't let me find out you've been hiding them boys, or worse still, taking them for yourself to work around here.
They're not here.
[HEART BEATING.]
You've looked for them already.
Ain't here.
Looked everywhere.
[HEART BEATING.]
You heard they went up to Charlotte, didn't you? [BEATING STOPS.]
They ain't here, then.
I know them two boys.
They probably headed up Charlotte way.
It's two days' hard ride from here.
Best be on my way, then.
You see anybody, you let them know up at the plantation.
They'll get the word to me.
They're headed up Charlotte way.
[MEN MURMURING.]
Tell me, then, about your business.
I'm cleaning up.
I'm an exterminator.
I'm the bug man.
It's a dirty job, but someone's got to do it, huh? And it looks like I'm the only one that can.
It seems that no one else has the stomach or the know-how.
Want to know what the secret is? You gotta get the nest.
The nest? Get up under the house and burn it.
Maybe the house will go up too.
It happens, you know that.
You can never get just the cancer.
Sometimes you got to take a lung as well.
You got to find the nest and make it burn.
Nice talking to you.
Wait, don't go! Are you saying you can't do it, or you don't want to? I guess I'm saying that I'm frightened.
With all you've seen on this job? I would think you'd be desensitized by now.
I should be.
Once, on a family vacation when I was a kid, there was a car accident on the highway up ahead of us.
One of the cars was on fire.
Engulfed in flames, really.
I-- I could see the people trapped inside, and I could hear them screaming.
[.]
I still do, sometimes.
I know how you feel.
You do? Where is she, then? Take me to her.
I don't think that's a really good idea, Mr.
, um Phillips.
Tom Phillips.
[BABY FUSSES.]
Listen, Mr.
Phillips.
I-- I'm sorry about your wife.
But you should take yourself and your baby out of here as quickly as possible, I mean, right now.
We'd been working.
Got a day or two on the part.
She'd been collecting stuff to, uh We were going out to Alberta.
She's got family out there.
It's pretty, you know? Wide open.
Go directly up to the street, find a police officer, tell him that Detective Don Schanke from Metro Homicide sent you.
They'll find you shelter, okay? Yeah, sure.
Good.
Good.
This is no way to live, kid.
No way to live.
Tell me about it.
[.]
Whew, man, I knew we shouldn't have split up.
Damn it, Nick! I knew we shouldn't have split up! Damn it! You should take it easy, you know? Go easy on the caffeine.
You're gettin' all type-A.
KNIGHT: I've telling him that for years.
SCHANKE: Nick! You said 30 minutes.
Yeah, well, I got tied up in conversation.
He calls himself the Dragon.
SCHANKE: Get out.
What happened to your sleeve? KNIGHT: I'll be okay.
Is there any place here that could be called a "nest"? A nest? A nest of people.
Oh, man.
I don't know.
Come on, Danny.
If there was a nest, they'd be able to take care of themselves, right? Danny, this guy is dangerous.
Yeah? How do I know that? I take you to one, now you want me to bring you to all of them.
I don't know you.
You saw what he did to that woman! He'll do that to everyone down here if he gets a chance.
Everyone, Danny! All your friends! There is a place on the lowest level that's called "The Camp.
" Got about 20 people, a couple of, uh A couple of families.
Don't be afraid, son.
It won't be long now.
We'll be out of here soon.
Hey, in there! We brung you somebody here.
The railroad man.
[GROANING.]
MAN: Shut up.
Seems your friend here had a need to, uh, unburden himself.
This is your doing, Nicholas.
Jonah! I know you're in there, boy! Now, I'd like to forgive you, take you home, but you'd just be giving the others ideas, so we got to make us a lesson.
[GUNSHOT.]
All right, boys.
[MEN HOOTING AND HOLLERING.]
LACROIX: They're setting it on fire.
We have to get out.
Take us there, please.
How much further? Got a bit yet.
Hey, remember before, you were signaling on the pipes? What was that? A Morse code or something? I was calling.
We call it "the phone.
" Well, can you, uh, call ahead and warn everybody? I don't know.
I could try.
Well, here.
Try.
Use these.
[TAPPING.]
Aw, jeez.
I just can't get used to the idea that there are kids down here.
You got kids? What, is this a setup for a one-liner? Yeah, he's got a little girl.
Her name's Jenny.
Tomorrow, he's going to make her real proud on Parents' Day.
Yeah, if I ever get done with this honeymoon cruise.
Parents' Day.
Yeah, I remember that.
Teachers lie to your parents.
Parents lie to your teachers.
If they aren't too drunk or high to show up at all.
Ah, who needs them? Hey, kid.
You're too young to be so cynical.
Yeah? Yeah.
Well, everything sucks.
So what? Hey, Danny, come on.
This really matters to you, doesn't it? And to him.
I mean, I can tell it's not just your job.
No, no, it isn't.
How come? Well, you see, Danny, some people think that others are disposable.
You live long enough, you find out nobody is.
[MEN HOOTING.]
Forget them! We must leave now! Nicolas, they cannot be our concern.
We cannot leave them here.
The flames have reached the roof.
We have only seconds! Nicolas, please! No.
[DISGUSTED SIGH.]
For them, Nicholas? Our lives and yours for them? [WHOOSHING.]
If you're gonna kill us, kill us now before the fire breaks through.
[MUFFLED SHOUTING.]
[MEN LAUGHING.]
Come on, boys, pick up the clip.
You're holding up the parade.
Come on, Danny, keep signaling.
[TAPPING.]
[TAPPING.]
The itsy-bitsy spider Banged on the water spout Down came the fire And burned the spider out [SIREN WAILING.]
COHEN: We all have our worst fears.
Fears that incapacitate us.
Fears that haunt us.
When I started in law enforcement, I was a federal agent.
We broke up a drug ring.
There was a firefight.
Terrible.
Just like combat.
Three agents were killed that day, including my partner at the time.
I'm sorry.
They never found the bullet that killed him.
The evidence suggested that Well, they thought maybe it was friendly fire.
My fire.
When I returned to duty God.
[.]
I was so afraid.
You know the old saying, "Friends close, enemies closer"? Fear is an enemy you can't ignore, because it's a part of you.
Accept it, it makes you stronger.
Run from it and [WHISPERS.]
Gotcha.
Dr.
Lambert.
Captain Cohen.
Have you managed to get a dental impression yet, doctor? [SIGHS.]
Uh I can't seem to get a clear imprint.
Here.
Let me give it a try.
Just around the corner.
We're almost there.
Danny? Find somewhere safe.
You're done.
See you around, kid.
[MEN LAUGHING.]
They're still out there.
We have no choice.
Stay behind me.
Ready? The only way out is to face your fears.
Come.
[GROWLING.]
This one's mine! [GUNSHOT.]
[GROWLING.]
[SNARLS.]
[MEN SCREAMING.]
Get to the river, fast.
Come with us, sir.
I'd like to, but I can't.
Go on.
Thank you.
Whoever you are.
Whatever you are.
Nick.
[WHISTLES.]
SCHANKE: Looks deserted.
Kid's message must've gotten through.
Let's hope so.
Ladybug, ladybug.
Fly away home.
Let's flank him.
All right.
Pick your shot.
Don't fire unless you have to.
We hit one of those tanks, this whole place goes up.
I hear you.
Come out, come out, wherever you are.
Come on out! I'm going to have a party.
And you're all invited.
We'll have some cake and ice cream.
Play games.
Have a fun time.
Where is everybody?! Okay, so you don't want to play.
Then the party's over Come on out, bugs.
You can't hide forever.
Dragon's gonna find ya! Make you pay.
That's right, make you pay for a change.
Nothing's free in this world.
Not for me.
And not for you.
Hey! I got some spare change for you.
Get you a cup of coffee, bottle of cheap wine.
Come on.
Well! Who do we have here? Look! A nice, shiny coin for you.
Come on.
Don't be bashful.
Come on.
Thattagirl.
Hey! [METAL CLATTERS.]
Oops.
Looks like I got ya.
Over here! Drop it.
I wouldn't do that.
Because you're probably the type that cares about trash like this.
Am I right? [GUN CLATTERS.]
Now it's your turn.
The only way out is to face your fears.
[GROWLS.]
[KNOCKS.]
KNIGHT: You okay? SCHANKE: I'll tell you, Nick, after facing this, Jenny's class doesn't look so bad, huh? SCHANKE: It's not the cleanest job in the world, and it doesn't pay all that well for the work you do.
It's It's dirty and thankless, uh, but my daughter Jenny, your classmate, would back me up on that fact if she wasn't at home with the mumps on her dad's big day off.
But that's another story.
Anyway-- Show us the jail.
Yeah, show us the jail.
KID: Let's see the jail.
Come on, we want to see the jail.
ALL [CHANTING.]
: Jail, jail, jail Okay Could you just try to keep it down and control yourselves? Come on, kids You're losing them, detective.
I know.
Jail, jail, jail Come on! Okay! COHEN: Knock it off.
Pay attention here.
Detective Schanke is a hero.
Last night, he helped a lot of people stay alive.
That right? Well, yeah, I-- I guess that's right.
Uh, who wants to see the jail? ALL: Yay! Over there! Come on, get over here.
Whoa! Thanks a lot, captain.
I'll be right there.
Oh, by the way, if you see Danny could you steer him to me? I'm gonna take him to a ballgame today, if you don't mind.
Do you realize he has not been to one? No problem.
Hey, mister! You coming or not? Yeah.
Coming.
[.]
I'm still afraid.
But I don't think I'll ever get over that.
You know, I'm proud of myself just for having dealt with it.
Well, it's like they say.
"If it doesn't kill you, it'll make you stronger.
" [CHUCKLES.]
Sort of like the fire.
[.]
Can you believe my grandmother told that one? At the Academy graduation ceremony, no less.
she still gets a 12-pack delivered to her house every Saturday morning.
Oh, can she tell a mean joke.
Did I tell you the one about the baby polar bear? [LAUGHING.]
MAN: Trash.
It's everywhere you go.
Used to be the streets were clean.
No more, though.
Now the trash is everywhere.
They sleep on the streets, they beg for handouts.
"Hey, buddy, got any spare change?" Well, as a matter of fact, I do.
[COIN CLINKS.]
Go ahead.
Get you halfway to a cup of coffee.
Or a bottle of cheap wine.
The best thing to do with trash is burn it.
[SCREAMING.]
[.]
NARRATOR: He was brought across in 1228.
Preyed on humans for their blood.
Now, he wants to be mortal again To repay society for his sins To emerge from his world of darkness From his endless forever night.
[GROWLS.]
A scream like that has its own sound, you know? You hear it, and your gut tells you right away that someone's dying.
You ever hear screams like that, detective? You're sure you didn't see anyone? No, just him.
Okay.
Thanks, Angie.
Better check to see if Vern needs anything.
You okay? Yeah, I'm fine.
Look, Nat, if you don't want to do this.
I'm fine, really.
I've dealt with worse.
How about you? Death by fire.
Yeah, it's my worst nightmare.
What have you got, Schank? Forensics figures the guy was torched with a flamethrower.
Just when you thought you'd seen everything.
There's no ID on him yet, and, um How soon can we get a dental cast, Nat? Uh, soon as I can.
You know, we might catch a break here.
A flamethrower is a pretty conspicuous piece of hardware.
It's not like somebody can toddle around town without somebody seeing it.
Unless Unless what? Angie? Come on, Schank.
Where does this lead to? Far as I know, sewers, ventilation shafts, service tunnels.
The system stretches for miles.
Can we get a couple of maps of this right away? I'm on it.
Think our firefly went down there? A flamethrower "is a pretty conspicuous piece of hardware," Schank, and we know for a fact there are homeless people living underground all over the city.
Mole people? Disposable people, easy targets.
Well, if he went down there, that means that-- Yeah, right.
We're gonna have to go down after him.
Uh, Nick, if this guy catches you before you catch him Yeah, I know.
We'll stay low.
Well Well, I'm really glad I got this suit dry-cleaned.
Be careful.
Both of you.
Hell of a place to hide.
[.]
This will do for the day.
Oh, you should have been with us, Nicolas.
It was such a glorious night.
I find my own nourishment, thank you.
Why travel with us if you won't hunt? I find security in numbers.
Perhaps you just dislike the solitude of your own thoughts.
[LAUGHS.]
[HEART BEATING.]
You assured me that this house was abandoned.
It is.
[CHUCKLING.]
We have, uh, uniforms coming in from the other side.
We'll meet them in the middle.
I'm feeling very, very vulnerable here, Nick.
Don't tell me you're afraid.
Huh.
Going into the bowels of the earth to get a homicidal maniac? Oh, yeah, no problem.
Well, it's not my idea of fun, either.
Now watch this.
Well, if I look on the bright side, I don't have to do that PTA career thing at my daughter's school.
Sorry, boys and girls, Jennifer Schanke's father couldn't be with us today because he was eaten by rats.
You're really not looking forward to that, are you? No, I'll take the rats.
You know, you should stay in your element.
Give the kids a tour of the precinct.
Well, kids today have different ideas of heroes-- Shh.
Shh.
Did you hear something? Check that out.
Strange place to hang laundry.
Unless you live here.
Okay, according to this, it should open up to a A dead end.
Oh, great.
Pfft.
Nice map.
[.]
[GASPS.]
Yeah, this map's old.
These tunnels are always changing.
They get bricked up, rerouted.
They build them over.
The second you think you know where you're going, you're absolutely lost.
You know these tunnels? Well, not these exact tunnels, but, uh, yeah.
My, uh My dad was a [MUMBLES.]
simmermurmer.
A what? My dad was a sewer worker.
So, what's wrong with that? Yeah, well, tell that to a 9-year-old, huh? When he goes to school every day He's taunted with the name "Rat Boy.
" [SNIFFS.]
Yeah, this smell really brings back a lot of memories.
Haven't I come far, huh? Work in the sewers just like my old man, doing Jenny proud? Would you stop it? Come on.
We've got a lot of ground to cover.
[.]
[FAUCET SQUEAKING.]
Hi.
Laundry day? [GASPS.]
[GASPING.]
No! [SIRENS WAILING.]
All units, we got a situation here.
We're half a block east of Bloor and Yonge.
You copy? [STATIC BUZZING.]
Damn this thing! Damn it! We just had another attack, same m.
o.
as before, copy? MAN: Copy [VOICE ON RADIO DISTORTING.]
We're about from you.
Copy that? Just tell Dispatch to send more people, pronto.
Right, okay.
The shaft's too narrow.
We're going to have to find another way down.
The good news is backup could be here any minute.
The bad news is they might have zigged when they should have zagged and they're in Albuquerque.
We can't afford to wait, Schank.
Maybe we should have left some, uh bread crumbs, huh? Shh.
Someone's following us.
You take that way.
Where? To the center of the Earth? Wherever it takes you.
Let go of me! Get off me! Take it easy.
Okay, okay, I'm cool.
You got me.
I ain't going anywhere.
[GRUNTS.]
[BOTH YELLING.]
Hold it.
Take it easy.
We're police officers.
Why were you following us? I'm starved for entertainment.
Well, there is plenty in juvenile court.
You just assaulted a cop.
I'm crushed.
You live down here? No, I come here for the waters.
Listen, my little friend-- Look, if you're gonna bust me, let's get on with it, hmmm? That's not why we're down here.
All right? We are Homicide detectives.
There's been a murder, maybe two.
Like I care.
Maybe you know something about it? Show us the way down to the level below this one.
Why should I? Because you're smarter than you pretend, and you know we're telling the truth.
And if you're not? You grab us all, arrest all my friends? Maybe you could help us save their lives.
What makes you think anyone down here cares about living? Stay back.
We ain't here for no fight.
We just want to go about our lives.
You go on with yours.
[LAUGHING.]
You're slaves, aren't you? Runaways.
The man who owns us, he be wanting to sell Fountain here down the river.
I can't have that.
He's my boy.
I can't have it.
[HEART BEATING.]
Why did you come here? Why did you come here? Railroad man is supposed to be meeting us here at sunset, take us across.
The Underground Railroad.
They're making their bid for freedom.
My heart bleeds.
Others will come.
They're being followed.
They're a danger to us.
They're outcasts, hunted as animals, like us.
They're expendable.
They're lunch.
You've had your fill.
Leave them be.
Of course.
This will not stand, Nicolas.
They endanger us.
It will not stand.
Help us.
[PANTS.]
Come on.
This way.
Jeez, kid, isn't the word "shower" in your vocabulary? I'm surprised "vocabulary" is in yours.
Huh.
He's a comedian.
Stay downwind, smart mouth.
COHEN: Get Emergency Task Force officers down there right now, all the men they can spare.
If we can't track Knight and Schanke by radio, we'll have to cover that maze the hard way.
You got it, captain.
Dr.
Lambert, you got a minute? Uh, I-- I was just catching up on some file work.
Did you start the postmortem on the torching victim yet? No.
Actually, captain, I thought I'd let Dr.
Zang do it.
He, uh He needs the experience.
I need an ID as soon as possible, Natalie.
Dr.
Zang is an intern.
Has he ever handled one like this? I'm not sure.
Have you ever handled one like this? No Captain.
I don't think that I can.
[.]
Oh, man, this is sick.
This is really sick.
Anybody there? Any units receiving? Anybody? You weren't lying.
[STATIC BUZZING.]
Stay close.
He might be nearby.
I'm getting nothing on this, Nick.
We might be too far down.
Don't touch anything.
Do you know who this belongs to? Do you know who this is? Margaret Phillips.
Maggie.
Is there someone who we should notify? Uh, her husband, her kid.
Where do they live? A level up, just-- Just up there.
Wait, there's a family here? Yeah, that way.
Go with him, Schank.
I'll scout ahead.
Just keep trying the radio.
Wait, wait, wait.
We should turn around.
We should get the entire force.
Hell, we should bring in the cavalry.
We'll meet at the intersection with three passageways.
Half an hour, no more.
Show him the way? Hey.
Huh? Show him the way? Uh-huh.
Come on, kid.
Let's find her family.
Oh, man, I just stepped in something.
You don't want to know what.
They're just over here.
So, my little friend, you got a name? Yeah, "Smart Mouth," remember? Ah, sarcasm, I know it well.
[SIGHS.]
All units, this is 81-Kilo.
We got another torching in the tunnel here, somewhere underneath, uh, Charles near Yonge.
Coordinates on the map are C-360, B-5.
Copy? 81, copy that.
Um Kinda-- We think we're closed in on you, 81.
Hard to get your bearings down here.
Send in the cavalry.
This one is getting out of hand, and fast.
Roger, on the way.
Stay loose.
Out.
"Stay loose.
" Do you feel loose? Because I certainly don't.
Danny.
What? My name is Danny Weathers.
Thanks, Danny.
In here.
Ah, home, sweet home.
Somebody get Norman Rockwell in here.
They probably heard us coming and took off.
[TAPS.]
[TAPS.]
What are you doing? Phone call.
[TAPS.]
Oh, my God.
[BABY FUSSING.]
[FLAMETHROWER HISSING.]
You're not from down here.
No.
And you? I'm here on business.
Important business, I gather.
It's a problem that has to be taken care of.
Let's just keep our distance until we get to know each other a little better.
That's all right by me.
Look, I'm a police officer.
Detective Knight.
And you? Call me Dragon.
Dragon? Is that a first name or a last name? Job description.
And what kind of job is it that you're doing? You know, business.
[BANGING.]
Open up in there! [MEN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY.]
[COCKS GUN.]
That won't be necessary.
This your place? I'm here, am I not? Can we look around? Well, you're the one with the gun.
I suppose that means you do what you want.
Wait here.
Awful run-down, ain't she? I'm handy.
Aim to fix her up, do you? You ain't seen two boys about? Boys? Blackamoors.
My boss's slaves.
A young'un and his daddy.
Two of them made a break for it.
I've seen no one.
I don't know who you are, mister, but don't go getting into my business.
Don't let me find out you've been hiding them boys, or worse still, taking them for yourself to work around here.
They're not here.
[HEART BEATING.]
You've looked for them already.
Ain't here.
Looked everywhere.
[HEART BEATING.]
You heard they went up to Charlotte, didn't you? [BEATING STOPS.]
They ain't here, then.
I know them two boys.
They probably headed up Charlotte way.
It's two days' hard ride from here.
Best be on my way, then.
You see anybody, you let them know up at the plantation.
They'll get the word to me.
They're headed up Charlotte way.
[MEN MURMURING.]
Tell me, then, about your business.
I'm cleaning up.
I'm an exterminator.
I'm the bug man.
It's a dirty job, but someone's got to do it, huh? And it looks like I'm the only one that can.
It seems that no one else has the stomach or the know-how.
Want to know what the secret is? You gotta get the nest.
The nest? Get up under the house and burn it.
Maybe the house will go up too.
It happens, you know that.
You can never get just the cancer.
Sometimes you got to take a lung as well.
You got to find the nest and make it burn.
Nice talking to you.
Wait, don't go! Are you saying you can't do it, or you don't want to? I guess I'm saying that I'm frightened.
With all you've seen on this job? I would think you'd be desensitized by now.
I should be.
Once, on a family vacation when I was a kid, there was a car accident on the highway up ahead of us.
One of the cars was on fire.
Engulfed in flames, really.
I-- I could see the people trapped inside, and I could hear them screaming.
[.]
I still do, sometimes.
I know how you feel.
You do? Where is she, then? Take me to her.
I don't think that's a really good idea, Mr.
, um Phillips.
Tom Phillips.
[BABY FUSSES.]
Listen, Mr.
Phillips.
I-- I'm sorry about your wife.
But you should take yourself and your baby out of here as quickly as possible, I mean, right now.
We'd been working.
Got a day or two on the part.
She'd been collecting stuff to, uh We were going out to Alberta.
She's got family out there.
It's pretty, you know? Wide open.
Go directly up to the street, find a police officer, tell him that Detective Don Schanke from Metro Homicide sent you.
They'll find you shelter, okay? Yeah, sure.
Good.
Good.
This is no way to live, kid.
No way to live.
Tell me about it.
[.]
Whew, man, I knew we shouldn't have split up.
Damn it, Nick! I knew we shouldn't have split up! Damn it! You should take it easy, you know? Go easy on the caffeine.
You're gettin' all type-A.
KNIGHT: I've telling him that for years.
SCHANKE: Nick! You said 30 minutes.
Yeah, well, I got tied up in conversation.
He calls himself the Dragon.
SCHANKE: Get out.
What happened to your sleeve? KNIGHT: I'll be okay.
Is there any place here that could be called a "nest"? A nest? A nest of people.
Oh, man.
I don't know.
Come on, Danny.
If there was a nest, they'd be able to take care of themselves, right? Danny, this guy is dangerous.
Yeah? How do I know that? I take you to one, now you want me to bring you to all of them.
I don't know you.
You saw what he did to that woman! He'll do that to everyone down here if he gets a chance.
Everyone, Danny! All your friends! There is a place on the lowest level that's called "The Camp.
" Got about 20 people, a couple of, uh A couple of families.
Don't be afraid, son.
It won't be long now.
We'll be out of here soon.
Hey, in there! We brung you somebody here.
The railroad man.
[GROANING.]
MAN: Shut up.
Seems your friend here had a need to, uh, unburden himself.
This is your doing, Nicholas.
Jonah! I know you're in there, boy! Now, I'd like to forgive you, take you home, but you'd just be giving the others ideas, so we got to make us a lesson.
[GUNSHOT.]
All right, boys.
[MEN HOOTING AND HOLLERING.]
LACROIX: They're setting it on fire.
We have to get out.
Take us there, please.
How much further? Got a bit yet.
Hey, remember before, you were signaling on the pipes? What was that? A Morse code or something? I was calling.
We call it "the phone.
" Well, can you, uh, call ahead and warn everybody? I don't know.
I could try.
Well, here.
Try.
Use these.
[TAPPING.]
Aw, jeez.
I just can't get used to the idea that there are kids down here.
You got kids? What, is this a setup for a one-liner? Yeah, he's got a little girl.
Her name's Jenny.
Tomorrow, he's going to make her real proud on Parents' Day.
Yeah, if I ever get done with this honeymoon cruise.
Parents' Day.
Yeah, I remember that.
Teachers lie to your parents.
Parents lie to your teachers.
If they aren't too drunk or high to show up at all.
Ah, who needs them? Hey, kid.
You're too young to be so cynical.
Yeah? Yeah.
Well, everything sucks.
So what? Hey, Danny, come on.
This really matters to you, doesn't it? And to him.
I mean, I can tell it's not just your job.
No, no, it isn't.
How come? Well, you see, Danny, some people think that others are disposable.
You live long enough, you find out nobody is.
[MEN HOOTING.]
Forget them! We must leave now! Nicolas, they cannot be our concern.
We cannot leave them here.
The flames have reached the roof.
We have only seconds! Nicolas, please! No.
[DISGUSTED SIGH.]
For them, Nicholas? Our lives and yours for them? [WHOOSHING.]
If you're gonna kill us, kill us now before the fire breaks through.
[MUFFLED SHOUTING.]
[MEN LAUGHING.]
Come on, boys, pick up the clip.
You're holding up the parade.
Come on, Danny, keep signaling.
[TAPPING.]
[TAPPING.]
The itsy-bitsy spider Banged on the water spout Down came the fire And burned the spider out [SIREN WAILING.]
COHEN: We all have our worst fears.
Fears that incapacitate us.
Fears that haunt us.
When I started in law enforcement, I was a federal agent.
We broke up a drug ring.
There was a firefight.
Terrible.
Just like combat.
Three agents were killed that day, including my partner at the time.
I'm sorry.
They never found the bullet that killed him.
The evidence suggested that Well, they thought maybe it was friendly fire.
My fire.
When I returned to duty God.
[.]
I was so afraid.
You know the old saying, "Friends close, enemies closer"? Fear is an enemy you can't ignore, because it's a part of you.
Accept it, it makes you stronger.
Run from it and [WHISPERS.]
Gotcha.
Dr.
Lambert.
Captain Cohen.
Have you managed to get a dental impression yet, doctor? [SIGHS.]
Uh I can't seem to get a clear imprint.
Here.
Let me give it a try.
Just around the corner.
We're almost there.
Danny? Find somewhere safe.
You're done.
See you around, kid.
[MEN LAUGHING.]
They're still out there.
We have no choice.
Stay behind me.
Ready? The only way out is to face your fears.
Come.
[GROWLING.]
This one's mine! [GUNSHOT.]
[GROWLING.]
[SNARLS.]
[MEN SCREAMING.]
Get to the river, fast.
Come with us, sir.
I'd like to, but I can't.
Go on.
Thank you.
Whoever you are.
Whatever you are.
Nick.
[WHISTLES.]
SCHANKE: Looks deserted.
Kid's message must've gotten through.
Let's hope so.
Ladybug, ladybug.
Fly away home.
Let's flank him.
All right.
Pick your shot.
Don't fire unless you have to.
We hit one of those tanks, this whole place goes up.
I hear you.
Come out, come out, wherever you are.
Come on out! I'm going to have a party.
And you're all invited.
We'll have some cake and ice cream.
Play games.
Have a fun time.
Where is everybody?! Okay, so you don't want to play.
Then the party's over Come on out, bugs.
You can't hide forever.
Dragon's gonna find ya! Make you pay.
That's right, make you pay for a change.
Nothing's free in this world.
Not for me.
And not for you.
Hey! I got some spare change for you.
Get you a cup of coffee, bottle of cheap wine.
Come on.
Well! Who do we have here? Look! A nice, shiny coin for you.
Come on.
Don't be bashful.
Come on.
Thattagirl.
Hey! [METAL CLATTERS.]
Oops.
Looks like I got ya.
Over here! Drop it.
I wouldn't do that.
Because you're probably the type that cares about trash like this.
Am I right? [GUN CLATTERS.]
Now it's your turn.
The only way out is to face your fears.
[GROWLS.]
[KNOCKS.]
KNIGHT: You okay? SCHANKE: I'll tell you, Nick, after facing this, Jenny's class doesn't look so bad, huh? SCHANKE: It's not the cleanest job in the world, and it doesn't pay all that well for the work you do.
It's It's dirty and thankless, uh, but my daughter Jenny, your classmate, would back me up on that fact if she wasn't at home with the mumps on her dad's big day off.
But that's another story.
Anyway-- Show us the jail.
Yeah, show us the jail.
KID: Let's see the jail.
Come on, we want to see the jail.
ALL [CHANTING.]
: Jail, jail, jail Okay Could you just try to keep it down and control yourselves? Come on, kids You're losing them, detective.
I know.
Jail, jail, jail Come on! Okay! COHEN: Knock it off.
Pay attention here.
Detective Schanke is a hero.
Last night, he helped a lot of people stay alive.
That right? Well, yeah, I-- I guess that's right.
Uh, who wants to see the jail? ALL: Yay! Over there! Come on, get over here.
Whoa! Thanks a lot, captain.
I'll be right there.
Oh, by the way, if you see Danny could you steer him to me? I'm gonna take him to a ballgame today, if you don't mind.
Do you realize he has not been to one? No problem.
Hey, mister! You coming or not? Yeah.
Coming.
[.]
I'm still afraid.
But I don't think I'll ever get over that.
You know, I'm proud of myself just for having dealt with it.
Well, it's like they say.
"If it doesn't kill you, it'll make you stronger.
" [CHUCKLES.]
Sort of like the fire.
[.]